CB Insights

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

As AI technology advances and seeps deeper into our daily lives, its potential to create dangerous situations is becoming more apparent. AI technology could be impossible to control. We cannot regulate technology that we cannot predict. A Tesla Model 3 owner in California died while using the car’s Autopilot feature.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

The old guard of American dining are switching up their games to compete: McDonald’s is adding self-serve kiosks to many of its franchises, upping the ante with mobile order technology. Community initiatives: Loom (Massachusetts). Not to mention piloting autonomous pizza making and delivery. Vegan fast casual: By Chloe.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Select Investors: Camelot Venture Group, Align Technology, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Spark Capital, Clayton Dubilier & Rice. Plaid Technologies. Company Description: San Francisco’s Plaid Technologies builds user-friendly APIs and tools for financial institutions. . Valuation: $3.2B. Total Funding: $1.3B.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2016

A team of audio technology experts, MIT developers and serial entrepreneurs put their heads together and launched these headphones. ONvocal is the Massachusetts-based company behind the product seeking to transform the art of listening, and — by George — they may have done it. Check out this infographic, with more information below.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Already, technology can enable paralyzed people and stroke victims to “type with the mind” and control external machines with their thoughts – no brain surgery required. Startups seek to help us ‘co-evolve’ with technology. Neuroscientists and technologists have been working on this concept for years. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

But just as their clients are always under threat from new players and technologies, consultants too are not immune to the forces of disruption. “The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.” The four functions of consulting. ” —Michael Porter.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 1, 2017

At issue are concerns that such investments could help China expand its technological and military abilities. Which Technologies Chinese Investors are backing in the US. The business social graph below highlights Tencent’s US AI investments over the period; each green line represents one round of funding.

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CB Insights

APRIL 26, 2018

As Tencent President Martin Lau said, “We actually view AI as a core technology across all our different products.” Both Alibaba and Baidu backed China-based iDriver+ Technology. YouTu technology is also accessible to users via WeChat apps, spurring concerns that this could kill smaller image recognition startups.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

The digital and technology revolution has powered up internet searches, social media, smartphone apps and eCommerce over the past decade to the delight of Google, Twitter, Facebook and Apple, to name but a few. Automation replaced many low- and middle-income jobs causing greater income inequality.

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